1885 in Nordic music

none February 2025 1885 1885 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1885 in Nordic music. Events unknown date Finn Jean Sibelius, already a budding composer, passes his final school examination, qualifying him for university.Ringbom Nils-Eric 1950 Sibelius da translated from the Swedish by Johan Koch Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck 14 Swedish music teacher Alice Sandström marries Jakob Tegnér.https://www.skbl.se/en/article/AliceTegner Alice Tegnér skbl.se 20 February 2025 New works Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite (expanded version for string orchestra)Schlotel Brian 1986 24 Grieg London BBC Musical Guides 9780563204794 Robert Kajanus – AinoGoss Glenda Dawn Glenda Dawn Goss 2003 A Backdrop for Young Sibelius: The Intellectual Genesis of the Kullervo Symphony 10.1525/ncm.2003.27.1.48 19th-Century Music University of California Press 27 1 55 10.1525/ncm.2003.27.1.48 Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in E-flat majorDahlström Fabian :sv:Fabian Dahlström Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works 2003 Breitkopf & Härtel Wiesbaden de 3-7651-0333-0 616–617 August Winding – Concert Overture, Op. 14 (published)Oscar Thompson The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians Dodd, Mead 1975 2471 Popular music Carl Boberg – O Store Gud (written; published the following year)https://eu.staugustine.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2016/06/24/story-behind-song-how-great-thou-art/16304855007/ Story behind the song: 'How Great Thou Art' St Augustine Record 7 February 2025 Births 6 March – Hildor Lundvik, Swedish musician and composer (died 1951)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/lundvik-hildor/?action=composers&composer=lundvik-hildor Hildor Lundvik Swedish Musical Heritage 7 February 2025 11 August – Lilly Kajanus-Blenner, Finnish harpist, daughter of Robert Kajanus (died 1963)Barbara B. Hong Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland 1997 9780313387753 161 15 October – Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher (died 1959)https://nbl.snl.no/Fridtjof_Backer-Gr%C3%B8ndahl Fridtjof Backer Grøndahl Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Øyvind Norheim 2009-02-13 27 April 2017 6 December – Helge Klæstad, Norwegian Supreme Court judge and composer (died 1965)https://nbl.snl.no/Helge_Kl%C3%A6stad Helge Klæstad Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Marit Halvorsen 13 February 2009 27 April 2017 Deaths 11 February – Niels Peter Hillebrandt, Danish organist and composer (born 1831)Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, Volumes 17–18 de 1885 75 28 March – Ludvig Norman, Swedish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1831)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/norman-ludvig/ Ludwig Norman Swedish Musical Heritage 7 February 2025 17 July – Søffren Degen, Danish guitarist and composer (born 1816)Schiørring Nils Dansk Biografisk Leksikon Dansk Biografisk Leksikon Bech Svend Cedergreen 3rd da Søffren Degen 28 February 2024 https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/S%C3%B8ffren_Degen 21 November – Amalia Redec, Swedish pianist, teacher and composer (born 1810)Hanna Bendz skbl.se - Amalia Leonilda Redec https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/AmaliaRedec skbl.se 16 July 2020 sv See also 1880s in Danish music 1885 in Norwegian music 1885 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music